The Flowers Personified

by GRANDVILLE, J.J

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Book Description

New York: R. Martin, 1847. First American edition. Tall octavo (260 x 160 mm.). Bound with Foelix's Modern Botany for Ladies. Translated by N. Cleaveland. [2], 385, [4], iv, [3]-152, 8 pp. Fifty-two hand-colored steel-engraved Grandville plates including two additional title-pages. Second work with two uncolored plates. Also includes the 8-page "Supplement." Publisher's brown morocco, expertly rebacked, front and back covers with gilt representations of the Grandville design for the title page (a leaf-clothed sprite within a wreath forming the lettering), all edges gilt. New endpapers. Some edge and corner wear but overall a very pleasing copy in the publisher's distinctive gift binding.

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